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F. H. MAYERL WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24. 1920.

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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION F| LED APR. 24. I920.

Patented July 26, 1921'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HOWARD MAYER, or DENVER, COLORADO.

WASH iNG-MACH INE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 26, 1921,

origiii l a iuicaii ii filed January it, ie2o','seria1 No. 352,097 Divided and this application. filed A ril 24, 1920. Serial No. 376,271.

To allwhowm'tmajil o one era." l

' B it known that I, FRANK HOWARD M YER, a citizen "of the United States, and

a resident of Denver, in the county of- Denver and State of Co l0rado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W ashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification My finventionjrelates to improvements in washing machines',jand it consists in'the constructions, combinations and arrangements herein described andclaimed'.

7 One of the foremostffobject's of my invention is to provide a"washingfmachine with a clothes cradle which is interiorly ribbed so as to produce "a 'wash board eftect on the clothes, which cradle has nofinterior rods or other PIQjBOtiODS WlIiChJ would .tend to cause thecloth'es to b'ecomelentangled;

A further objectfof the invention is to provide in a washingjmachiue, an improved cradle preferably made of strong wire mesh but given acorrugatedjshape for the purpose of producinga wash-board effect,

the cradle being strengthened by end crosses which have continuations running along the outside of the cradle to provide major braces at a plurality of places.

v A further object of the invention is to provide a washing machine which' 'includes a novel construction of gearing by means of which the clothes cradle may beeither continuously rotated so as to expelthe water from the clothes;bylcentrifugal action, or

oscillated to carryout the'washing operapear in the following specificatiomreference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

which: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the improved washing machine, illustrating the f cradle in side elevation, and

Fig. 2 is across section 'tal renfsubstan tiallyon the line 2-2 'ofFig; '1.

is made below, in order that the reader may obtain a general idea as to the working of.

the whole i'machine. Attention is first directed to The general construction of. the washing machine, i

which is well illustrated in Fig.2. The tu 1 is mounted upon a; suitable frame 2, is provided with a lid 3 which is hinged at 4 at the front, and further provided with suitable clamping means 5, by which the lid is firmly secured in the closed opening so as to it is one of the purposes of the invention that water shall be expelled from the washed clothes by rapidly rotating the cradle 6 and thereby drying-them by centrifugal action.

'In case'the auxiliary wringer 7 is employed,

the rolls are operated by pulley and belt connections 8 which are part of the driving mechanism of the improved gearing at the right in'Fig. 1, the motor 9 on the back of the-frame 2, being'the means by which this gearing is operated.

Suitable ball bearings 29'support the stub shafts 22 of the clothes cradle 6. These stub shafts include plates 18 which are se cured to the end crosses 19 of the cradle, this arrangement obviating the necessity of extending a shaft axially of the cradle and thereby avoiding the probability of the clothes "becoming entangled and the washing function-impaired as a consequence.

The end crosses 19 are in connection with each other by means of the bars 20, which run longitudinally of the cradle 6 on the outside. A rigid .cageis thereby provided,

around and over the'ends of which the wire mesh cradle 6 is supported, the bars and crosses adding materially to the strength of the cradle and preventing the sagging which would otherwise undoubtedly occur.

A ribbed or washboard surface is produced by the corrugated formation of the clothes cradle 6. The cradle may be made either of heavy mesh wire or other suitable material, so long as the corrugations clearly shown in Fig. 2, are provided. Longitudinal rods or equivalent braces 21 mounted in end rings 21*, support the body of the cradle 

